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Beyond the Blend is a conversational podcast series, designed to explore the personal and professional journeys of individuals in the lubricant sector.Your hosts Steve Knapp and Rob Taylor aim to inspire listeners by sharing stories about careers, challenges, successes, and learning moments.The focus is on humanising the industry, showcasing its diversity, and highlighting personal experiences to attract and inspire talent.Guests discuss pivotal moments, including their greatest challenges or adversities and the lessons learned, to demonstrate the rich opportunities within the sector.
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Signup to Generate a PitchBeyond the Blend is a conversational podcast series, designed to explore the personal and professional journeys of individuals in the lubricant sector. Your hosts Steve Knapp and Rob Taylor aim to inspire listeners by sharing stories about careers, challenges, successes, and learning moments.
Beyond The Blend is hosted by Plan Grow Do. The show has published 48 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Adrian Hill" (14 October 2026, 52 minutes), "Wendy Hakken aka The Oil Lady" (30 September 2026, 60 minutes), and "Beyond The Blend LIVE at Lubricant Expo Düsseldorf 2026" (18 September 2026, 31 minutes).
Beyond The Blend publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 55 minutes across 48 episodes.
Booking probability for Beyond The Blend is 32%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Beyond The Blend requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Beyond The Blend's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for Beyond The Blend are Petroleum Refining and Business & Management Consulting. Beyond The Blend has a business audience.
Plan Grow Do hosts Beyond The Blend, a business podcast with 48 episodes published.
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Episode #18
What does 40+ years in lubricants teach you? Stay curious, stay agile and never stop learning. Steve Knapp talks with Adrian Hill, Group Technical Director at Morris Lubricants, about four decades of change in the...
Episode #17
What happens when technical expertise, personal brand and a very human approach to selling come together? Wendy Hakken, better known as The Oil Lady,joins Steve Knapp on Beyond the Blend to share an unconventional...
Are lubricant businesses genuinely adopting AI, or are individual employees simply experimenting with it? And how much of that activity is actually making life better for the customer? Recorded live at Lubricant Expo...
The lubricants industry talks a lot about the future — technology, sustainability, new applications and changing customer needs. But there is another question we need to ask: Who is going to power our industry tomorrow...
Episode #14
In this episode of Beyond the Blend, Steve Knapp is joined by Khashayar Hajiahmad, a machinery lubrication and reliability specialist whose career has taken him from a young mechanical engineer in Iran to SKF, Oman, EPT...
Episode #13
In this episode of Beyond the Blend, Steve Knapp is joined by Linda Perry, whose career spans laboratories, leadership, reliability, business development and lifelong learning. What began as a receptionist's role...
Episode #13
<p>In this episode of Beyond the Blend, Steve Knapp is joined by Linda Perry, whose career spans laboratories, leadership, reliability, business development and lifelong learning. What began as a receptionist's role...
Episode #12
In this episode of Beyond the Blend, Steve Knapp sits down with Doug Sackett, Certified Lubrication Specialist, industry educator, mentor and lifelong advocate for raising standards across the lubrication and...
Episode #12
<p>In this episode of Beyond the Blend, Steve Knapp sits down with Doug Sackett, Certified Lubrication Specialist, industry educator, mentor and lifelong advocate for raising standards across the lubrication and...
Episode #11
In this episode of Beyond the Blend, Steve Knapp speaks with Vanda Franco, a reliability and lubrication professional whose career has taken her from Portugal to Qatar through marine chemistry, pharmaceuticals...
Episode #11
<p>In this episode of Beyond the Blend, Steve Knapp speaks with Vanda Franco, a reliability and lubrication professional whose career has taken her from Portugal to Qatar through marine chemistry, pharmaceuticals...
Episode #10
<p>In this episode of Beyond the Blend, we sit down with Jamie Shaw, Director of OMS LubriTek Limited, to talk about building a business, spotting opportunity where others see routine, and why technical curiosity still...
Episode #9
<p>In this episode of Beyond the Blend, Rob sits down with Yana Wilkinson to explore the role of insight, decision-making and leadership in an industry that is constantly evolving.</p><p>Yana brings a fresh perspective...
Episode #8
<p>In this episode of Beyond the Blend, Steve sits down with Mike Davidson to explore a career shaped by international experience, strong influences, and a thoughtful approach to leadership. </p><p>From growing up...
Episode #7
<p>Guests: Jade Thompson (RecondOil / SKF), Nick Forster (CC Jensen), Jamie Shaw (OMS LubriTek)</p><p>Hosts: Steve Knapp & Rob Taylor</p><p>In this special Beyond the Blend Live episode, Steve and Rob sit down in...
Episode #6
<p>In this episode of Beyond the Blend, Steve sits down with Cameron Clarke, Head of Sales and Operations at Oil Store, for one of the most honest and human conversations we’ve had on the podcast.</p><p>Cam didn’t grow...
Episode #5
<p>In this episode of Beyond the Blend, Steve sits down with Simon Campbell, Managing Director of Pure Lubrication, to trace a career that, like many in our industry, didn’t begin with a childhood dream of selling...
Episode #4
<p>In this special episode of Beyond the Blend, Rob is joined by two guests for the first time, Collette and Paul, the husband-and-wife leadership team behind Delta Xero.</p><p>This is a conversation about far more than...
Episode #3
<p>René Abrahams’ journey is anything but ordinary.</p><p>Born and raised in Durban during apartheid-era South Africa, René entered the workforce at a moment of profound national change. What followed was a career...
Episode #2
<p>Jade Thompson didn’t plan a career in lubricants, like many in our industry, she arrived by accident and stayed by choice. </p><p>Originally seeking lab experience to support a Master’s in equine parasitology, Jade...
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